Gwierydd Williams, 54, shot the deer in a field off Brooks Lane, Bosley during the ‘close season’, a time period when shooting deer is illegal in order to allow them to breed and move between breeding and wintering grounds.

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Williams, of Queens Drive, Biddulph, was fined £1,293 after the trial on January 9.

PC Ric Walker, from Cheshire Constabulary’s rural and wildlife crime unit, said: “The guilty verdict and fine, sends a clear message to anyone thinking of committing this kind of offence. We have specially trained officers who have the skills and knowledge to pursue those who commit rural and wildlife crimes.